環境災害の復旧が追いつかない
百年に一度や千年に一度という災害が、有ろうことか頻繁に起きるようになってきた。異常気象による耕作の破綻で移民問題が大きな問題に浮上してきた。
線状降水帯による洪水も以前は梅雨時に集中していたものが、最近では秋にも発生するようになってきた。しかも、同一の地域に二度、三度と繰り返し大量の雨が降るので、洪水だけでなく土砂災害の被害も珍しくなくなってきている。
最早、環境災害の破壊力は、人類の修復能力を超えてしまったのではないだろうか？復旧が追いつかなくなると、道路や電力、水道等のインフラについて、地域や施設について何を優先するかという問題が出てくるが、その時期に来ているのではなかろうか。
Recovery from environmental disasters is not keeping up
Once-in-a-century or once-in-a-thousand-year disasters are becoming more frequent. The collapse of farming due to abnormal weather has brought immigration issues into the spotlight and covery from environmental disasters is not keeping up.
Flooding caused by linear rain bands used to occur during the rainy season, but recently they have begun to occur in the fall as well. Moreover, heavy rains fall twice or even three times in the same area, so damage from not only floods but also landslides is becoming more common.
Has the destructive power of environmental disasters already exceeded humanity's ability to repair itself? If recovery can no longer keep up, issues will arise regarding what to prioritize in terms of infrastructure such as roads, electricity, and water, as well as regions and facilities, and perhaps we have come to that point.
